Microbial biofilms in the food industry—A comprehensive review

C Carrascosa, D Raheem, F Ramos, A Saraiva… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biofilms, present as microorganisms and surviving on surfaces, can increase food cross-
contamination, leading to changes in the food industry's cleaning and disinfection dynamics …

Silver nanoparticles as an effective disinfectant: A review

SP Deshmukh, SM Patil, SB Mullani… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The paradigm modifications in the metallic crystals from bulky to micro-size to nano-scale
have resulted in excellent and amazing properties; which have been the remarkable …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using the plant extract of Salvia spinosa grown in vitro and their antibacterial activity assessment

S Pirtarighat, M Ghannadnia, S Baghshahi - Journal of Nanostructure in …, 2019 - Springer
Researchers use bionanotechnology techniques as eco-friendly and cost-effective routes to
fabricate nanoparticles and nanomaterials. The present study confirms the ability of plant …

Silver nanoparticles as potential antibacterial agents

G Franci, A Falanga, S Galdiero, L Palomba, M Rai… - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Multi-drug resistance is a growing problem in the treatment of infectious diseases and the
widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics has produced antibiotic resistance for many …

[HTML][HTML] Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and characterization of their inhibitory effects on AGEs formation using biophysical techniques

JM Ashraf, MA Ansari, HM Khan, MA Alzohairy… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) resulting from non-enzymatic glycation are one of
the major factors implicated in secondary complications of diabetes. Scientists are focusing …

Recent nanotechnology approaches for prevention and treatment of biofilm‐associated infections on medical devices

M Ramasamy, J Lee - BioMed Research International, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial colonization in the form of biofilms on surfaces causes persistent infections and is
an issue of considerable concern to healthcare providers. There is an urgent need for novel …

Nanoparticles vs. biofilms: a battle against another paradigm of antibiotic resistance

S Qayyum, AU Khan - MedChemComm, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbes form surface-adherent community structures called biofilms and these biofilms play
a critical role in infection. Biofilms impart antibiotic resistance and sometimes become …

Overcoming Methicillin-Resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Using Antimicrobial Peptides-Silver Nanoparticles

MAA Masimen, NA Harun, M Maulidiani, WIW Ismail - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics are regarded as a miracle in the medical field as it prevents disease caused by
pathogenic bacteria. Since the discovery of penicillin, antibiotics have become the …

Biomaterials with antibacterial and osteoinductive properties to repair infected bone defects

H Lu, Y Liu, J Guo, H Wu, J Wang, G Wu - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The repair of infected bone defects is still challenging in the fields of orthopedics, oral
implantology and maxillofacial surgery. In these cases, the self-healing capacity of bone …

Diversity of bacterial synthesis of silver nanoparticles

A Javaid, SF Oloketuyi, MM Khan, F Khan - BioNanoScience, 2018 - Springer
There are growing demands for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using green
technology approaches due to their cost-effective and eco-friendly nature. Although, there …